A rendevous at the Rendevous
This morning, I had one thought on my mind: Pearisburg, Virginia. I was not thinkig about the 82 miles that stood between me and that town.
I set another record this morning: I was on trail at 6:45AM. I needed to be in town before 12:00PM, when the Post Office was due to close.
The climb to the top of Angel's Rest was fairly easy. From the top I could see the never ending pasteurlands of Virginia. I could also see Pearisburg.
I arrived at the Rendevous Motel at 9:25AM. I was then lead to my room, where I showered and prepared things to walk into town.
Cookie and I then marched into town. In town I ate lunch, did laundry, and resupplied.
For resupply, a local by the name of Bobby Leece offered to drive us to the(gasp) Super Wal-Mart, where we proceeded to resupply while waiting for laundry. Bobby then drove us around town, showing us the sights. I forgot to mention Bobby is 79. I would like to thank Bobby for everything he did for us, it was a great help.
By the way, I easily made it to the Post Office before the closing bell was rung. This is wherqe I picked up new maps, and sent back the old ones. I also sent my heavy weight layers and two disposable cameras home.
Packing up a backpack after resupply is never easy. The name of the game is consolidation, and it takes a while to complete. Future thru hikers: The trash bins in the motel/hotel rooms are never large enough for everything you need to toss out, and the hiker friendly ones know this. Please be kind and leave all your trash in the plastic bags your food came in from the store and stack it neatly near the actualy trash bin, the motel management will be greatful for this.
Afterwards I got a ride from Brenda at the Rendevous to the Courthouse Cafe. This coffee represents the best coffee on the trail thus far. The owner, Pat, is a really nice guy and an extremely friendly man to hikers. We talked for a while and I quickly checked my email whie drinking French Vanilla coffee.
Afterwards I had dinner and then went back to the motel room, where I shall sleep like an angel toight.
I have no idea how far I shall go tomorrow, depends on how I feel and what the weather is doing.
Time to sleep. It's currently 10:30PM.
Good night, and good luck.
Kirby
Ga>ME 2008.
